Jimmie
Dykes
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 10, 1896 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1918 21 CLE AL     4 4 5 1 1 1 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1919 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
1920 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 9 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
1921 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
1922 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
1923 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
1924 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6
1925 28 CLE AL $ 1,710,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7
1926 29 CLE AL $ 1,710,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1927 30 CLE AL $ 3,040,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1928 31 CLE AL $ 3,040,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6
1929 32 CLE AL $ 3,040,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,040,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1918 21 AA   129 470 66 107 30 3 3 25 12 11 103 83 .228 .366 .323 .690 63.4  
1919 22 CLE AL 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0
    AAA   56 206 34 54 13 3 0 23 3 9 28 25 .262 .350 .354 .705 24.1  
    AA   43 155 17 47 3 2 1 10 6 7 35 18 .303 .432 .368 .799 26.6  
1920 23 CLE AL 60 199 25 48 7 6 0 13 8 3 19 23 .241 .318 .337 .655 21.2 2.1
1921 24 CLE AL 48 124 14 25 5 3 0 12 0 1 11 17 .202 .275 .290 .566 10.0 0.1
    AAA   4 18 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .500 .722 2.0  
1922 25 CLE AL 8 25 4 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .200 .231 .320 .551 1.6 0.1
    AAA   128 503 96 152 39 9 13 113 11 11 84 63 .302 .402 .493 .895 95.0  
1923 26 CLE AL 8 12 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .429 .500 .929 2.1 0.4
    AAA   123 443 101 147 36 7 11 87 13 8 70 42 .332 .423 .519 .942 90.7  
1924 27 CLE AL 122 311 52 93 17 2 4 51 9 6 27 26 .299 .363 .405 .768 45.2 8.2
1925 28 CLE AL 123 267 39 71 17 6 1 42 3 5 31 29 .266 .343 .386 .729 32.4 3.8
1926 29 CLE AL 146 528 75 165 30 7 6 88 6 12 47 44 .313 .375 .430 .805 77.7 14.8
1927 30 CLE AL 116 347 51 97 19 15 6 59 4 5 26 32 .280 .331 .473 .803 52.5 9.9
1928 31 CLE AL 144 520 69 140 31 6 4 73 6 2 62 59 .269 .346 .375 .721 68.9 11.9
1929 32 CLE AL 110 286 43 75 13 7 9 55 1 1 30 25 .262 .336 .451 .787 44.5 6.7
11 Years Sim 887 2619 375 723 142 53 30 397 37 35 257 263 .276 .345 .405 .750 356.6 58.0
4 Years AAA 311 1170 232 357 90 19 25 224 27 28 182 132 .305 .400 .479 .878 211.8  
2 Years AA 172 625 83 154 33 5 4 35 18 18 138 101 .246 .385 .334 .719 89.9  
6 Years Minors 483 1795 315 511 123 24 29 259 45 46 320 233 .285 .394 .428 .823 301.7  
162 Game Average 478 68 132 25 9 5 72 6 6 46 48 .276 .345 .405 .750 65.1  
Career Highs 146 528 75 165 31 15 9 88 9 12 62 59 .333 1.000 .500 1.000 77.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1690 229 467 91 34 14 255 25 26 160 154 .276 .342 .395 .737 218.2
vs LH   929 146 256 51 19 16 142 12 9 97 109 .276 .350 .423 .773 132.2
Home 457 1320 185 364 79 26 11 199 19 21 129 125 .276 .346 .400 .746 172.5
Away 429 1299 190 359 63 27 19 198 18 14 128 138 .276 .343 .410 .754 177.8
RISP   728 0 211 45 19 11 343 0 0 85 71 .290 .358 .449 .807 115.3
Pinch Hitting   133 23 47 11 6 2 41 1 1 14 5 .353 .404 .571 .975 27.4
Close/Late   294 42 85 19 6 6 61 0 0 39 36 .289 .376 .456 .832 48.8
Mar/Apr 94 261 47 83 18 9 3 50 3 5 23 23 .318 .365 .490 .856 42.8
May 180 544 65 124 25 9 4 66 9 3 58 58 .228 .308 .329 .637 56.2
June 163 487 65 125 23 8 7 65 4 7 43 32 .257 .323 .380 .703 56.8
July 158 460 78 144 32 12 7 84 9 9 43 52 .313 .375 .480 .856 75.1
August 142 413 61 115 19 7 6 62 6 5 46 44 .278 .355 .402 .757 57.6
Sep/Oct 149 454 59 132 25 8 3 70 6 6 44 54 .291 .360 .401 .760 61.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1919 22 CLE AL 1B 2 0 2.3 4 0 0 1 1.000 15.45   0.0
1920 23 CLE AL 1B 33 32 289.7 430 28 3 36 .993 14.23   0.5
    2B 11 11 95.0 30 56 2 15 .977 8.15   0.6
    SS 11 10 87.7 19 45 5 9 .928 6.57   0.4
    3B 3 1 13.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.0
1921 24 CLE AL 2B 27 22 196.0 61 117 5 28 .973 8.17   1.2
    SS 13 12 92.7 25 46 7 11 .910 6.90   0.5
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1922 25 CLE AL 2B 8 8 67.0 15 39 0 9 1.000 7.25   0.3
1923 26 CLE AL SS 2 2 20.0 2 11 2 1 .867 5.85   0.0
    2B 3 0 3.0 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1924 27 CLE AL 1B 46 46 365.0 518 51 13 57 .978 14.03   0.6
    2B 30 19 182.7 54 101 2 18 .987 7.64   0.9
    3B 27 11 120.7 7 43 3 3 .943 3.73   0.7
    SS 17 11 102.7 23 51 8 15 .902 6.49   0.5
1925 28 CLE AL 1B 34 22 226.3 303 32 3 23 .991 13.32   0.3
    SS 22 10 122.7 27 53 1 11 .988 5.87   0.5
    3B 28 9 119.7 9 31 1 2 .976 3.01   0.3
    2B 22 10 106.7 27 60 4 14 .956 7.34   0.4
1926 29 CLE AL SS 86 82 725.3 148 352 23 76 .956 6.20   3.2
    2B 38 37 322.7 108 152 9 37 .967 7.25   1.2
    1B 15 13 117.0 143 15 0 24 1.000 12.15   0.1
    3B 6 1 21.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.0
1927 30 CLE AL 2B 89 86 726.0 211 318 14 63 .974 6.56   2.3
    SS 8 1 21.3 3 11 1 3 .933 5.91   0.1
    1B 6 0 12.0 13 1 1 1 .933 10.50   0.0
    3B 5 0 6.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.41   0.1
1928 31 CLE AL 2B 86 85 714.0 164 280 20 63 .957 5.60   2.1
    1B 57 53 463.3 529 37 3 49 .995 10.99   0.9
    SS 11 0 18.0 1 8 2 1 .818 4.50   0.1
1929 32 CLE AL 2B 42 42 361.0 81 138 7 22 .969 5.46   0.5
    3B 18 12 114.0 14 24 4 0 .905 3.00   0.4
    SS 17 12 108.0 18 41 1 6 .983 4.92   0.7
    1B 11 10 89.0 124 7 0 8 1.000 13.25   0.1
  2B 356 320 2774.0 751 1262 64 269 .969 6.53   9.5
  1B 204 176 1564.7 2064 171 23 199 .990 12.86   2.6
  SS 187 140 1298.3 266 618 50 133 .946 6.13   5.9
  3B 90 34 401.0 33 108 8 5 .946 3.16   1.5
Career Totals   837 670 6037.9 3114 2159 145 606 .973 7.86   19.5
Career Highs   154 138 1195.3 694 522 32 137 1.000 15.45    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1926-10-.313
On-Base Pct
1926-9-.375
Games
1926-7-146
Hits
1926-9-165
Doubles
1928-9-31
Triples
1927-7-15
RBIs
1926-7-88
Walks
1928-8-62
Strikeouts
1926-9-44
1928-7-59
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  4. Lloyd Christenbury (938)
  5. John Farrell (937)
  6. Max Bishop (935)
  7. Marty Kavanagh (934)
  8. Jackie Tavener (930)
  9. Tillie Shafer (924)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1918
Had first career hit on 4/28/1920, off Ralph Comstock (WAS)
Injured on 7/5/1922 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/13/1922 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/14/1923 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 3 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 8/7/1924, off Joe Boehling (DET)
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,710,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,710,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 4/30/1926
8/15/1926: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $3,040,000 per year, for 3 years